Best thing about NAFTA 2.0? It could have been worse

It’s a bad deal, with little pretence about its shift from free trade to managed trade. Even the new name reflects that: we have moved from a North American free trade agreement to a U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement.

The trade negotiation can be seen as part of a wider Donald Trump vision of the world, a clash of civilizations best symbolized by its visceral fear and hatred of China, one where the U.S. is assailed from all sides and where the U.S. must lash out to advance and secure America First, writes David Crane. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore

TORONTO—The best that can be said about NAFTA 2.0 is that it could have been worse. It’s a bad deal, with little pretence about its shift from free trade to managed trade. Even the new name reflects that: we have moved from a North American free trade agreement to a U.S.-Mexico-Canada agreement.

Unless Trudeau plans to be out on these streets, fighting against police brutality or in cabinet drafting legislation to curb police powers, his, and all the other white voices of his ilk, have no merit here.

'I do agree that things need to be implemented as quickly as possible. We could've done this a lot sooner. The good news is that we’re doing it now and announcing it today,' says Transport Minister Marc Garneau.